杨振宁、姚期智放弃外国国籍，成为中科院院士

Nobel laureate, Turing Award winner become Chinese citizens, join CAS

诺贝尔奖获得者杨振宁和图灵奖得主姚期智已经加入中国国籍，并正式转为中科院院士。他们是第一批放弃外国国籍、加入中国最高科研机构研究人员队伍的科学家。94岁的杨振宁将加入数学物理学部，70岁的姚期智将加入信息技术学部和科学学部。中科院办公室在一份新闻稿中表示说：“他们都是国际知名的学者。他们的加入将提高中国科学家在全球的影响力。”

Nobel laureate C.N.Yang and Turing Award winner Yao Qizhi have become Chinese citizens and officially joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as academicians.They are the first overseas scientists to relinquish their foreign citizenship to join the official faculty of China’s highest scientific research organization. Yang, 94, would join the mathematical physics department, while Yao, 70, would enter the information technology and science department."They are both internationally renowned scholars," the office said in a press statement. "Their entry into the academy’s faculty will increase the influence of China’s scientific circles globally."